APC National Chairman, Adamu Resigns, Breaks Silence
National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu, has spoken on his resignation.
At the weekend, news of his resignation broke and he has reportedly maintained sealed lips since then.
Confirming his resignation, one of the pioneer members of the party
disclosed that Adamu resigned when he discovered that two top personalities around the president had mobilised against him ahead of the meetings scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, the National Caucus and National Executive Committee (NEC).
According to the top politician, the party had fixed July 10 and 11 for its National Caucus and NEC meetings to iron out critical issues affecting it and the crisis within the National Working Committee (NWC) but the meetings were later postponed and rescheduled.
He said Adamu resigned because, “they have started to collate signatures to impeach him during the forthcoming meetings. He resigned to save himself from humiliation,”.
Another source said the APC national chairman sent his resignation letter to the Chief of Staff of the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, around 4 pm on Sunday.
“He has resigned. The resignation letter signed by him has been sent to the villa. The letter was addressed to President Tinubu. But since the president is away in Kenya for the AU meeting, the letter was sent to his chief of staff,” the source said.
But speaking with Daily Trust, Adamu stated he would not comment on the matter until President Tinubu returns from the African Union (AU) meeting in Nairobi, Kenya.
“I won’t talk about the issue because the president is away,” Adamu told Daily Trust over the phone.
President Tinubu left Nigeria for the AU meeting on Saturday and he is due to return to the country at the end of the meeting says Tinubu’s spokesman, Dele Alake.
A report from Daily Trust revealed Adamu described the row over the National Assembly principal officers as “family affair”.
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